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] axes (see Fig. 116), originally modelled from a prototype in stone. 114.—Bronze Dagger-blade, Round Barrow, East Kennet, Wilts,. 115.—Bronze Dagger-blade, Barrow, Camerton, Somerset,.

In one case in Italy a polished stone celt has been cast in bronze. To it belong nearly all the burial-places referable to the Bronze age in this country. In the following table the contents of those explored by the Rev. W. Greenwell in the North of England, by Mr. Bateman in Derbyshire, and Dr. Thurnam in Wiltshire, are tabulated so as to show the manner in which the articles are associated together. It will be observed that the higher forms of bronze implements and weapons are entirely absent.